Sunday was a beautiful day. Perfect for a swim.
The Walden Woods Project posted the above marvelous picture (Monday afternoon, 2:28pm on FB) with the caption:
"The woods were beautiful this morning, full of fog and funnel-weavers' gossamer."
The picture seemed like an oil painting from another time.
Sunday evening, just as the sun was fully setting, a man was reported missing. That Monday afternoon, the Woods were full of police officers, searching. Hoping that a man had staggered out of the water, getting lost and hopefully just confused and dehydrated.
I have spent the past summer, and summers before that, wandering through the woods. I have stayed on the paths mostly. This past summer especially, I joined a group of hikers calling themselves "Saunterers", like Henry.
I know the paths. The trees melting into their fall colors. Spiders and small bugs. Things which were unknown to me once.
I know the surface of the pond. I do not know the bottom.
He was found on Tuesday, just before noon. 75 yards from shore, in water 20 feet deep.
Rest in Peace.
The Walden Woods Project posted the above marvelous picture (Monday afternoon, 2:28pm on FB) with the caption:
"The woods were beautiful this morning, full of fog and funnel-weavers' gossamer."
The picture seemed like an oil painting from another time.
Sunday evening, just as the sun was fully setting, a man was reported missing. That Monday afternoon, the Woods were full of police officers, searching. Hoping that a man had staggered out of the water, getting lost and hopefully just confused and dehydrated.
I have spent the past summer, and summers before that, wandering through the woods. I have stayed on the paths mostly. This past summer especially, I joined a group of hikers calling themselves "Saunterers", like Henry.
I know the paths. The trees melting into their fall colors. Spiders and small bugs. Things which were unknown to me once.
I know the surface of the pond. I do not know the bottom.
He was found on Tuesday, just before noon. 75 yards from shore, in water 20 feet deep.
Rest in Peace.
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